"But what—what can I give you, Sir Harry?" asked Sibyl, not a little touched and troubled.

"Give me the little slipper you wore that night we danced together at the Province House."

"That—that slipper?" and Sibyl blushed and paled.

"Yes—ah, you will, you will."

A moment's hesitation; then with a strange smile, half grave, half gay, Sibyl answered, "I will."


[A LITTLE BOARDING-SCHOOL SAMARITAN.]

CHAPTER I.

"Of course they are," responded Alice. "Who said they weren't?"